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West (song)
"West" is a rock song by the indie rock band The Alice Rose, composed by JoDee Purkeypile, and released on the 2006 album '' Phonographic Memory''. It was named NPR's ''"Song of the Day"'' on November 27, 2006. David Brown, host of KUT FM's ''"Texas Music Matters"'', called the song "oddly warm and instantly memorable". In 2008, the song was featured in the award-winning indie horror film ''Splinter'' by director Toby Wilkins. Personnel *JoDee Purkeypile: Lead vocals, Rhythm guitar, Percussion *Sean Crooks: Bass, Backing vocals *Chris Sensat: Drums, Percussion *Brendan Rogers: Piano, Organ *Colin Slagle: Lead guitar Production Credits *Produced by Mark Hallman Mark Hallman (born August 1, 1951) is an American producer, songwriter, engineer and multi-instrumentalist. He has worked with Carole King (appearing on six of her albums as a performer and producer), Ani DiFranco, and Eliza Gilkyson. In the m ... and The Alice Rose *Engineer: Ned Stewart *Recorded February-April 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Alice Rose
The Alice Rose were an indie pop/rock band from Austin, Texas, formed in 2000. The group's founding members are songwriter and guitarist JoDee Purkeypile, bassist Sean Crooks, and drummer Chris Sensat. 1995–2000 13 year old JoDee Purkeypile met 14-year-old Sean Crooks at Roy Bedichek Junior High in 1995. The two began playing songs by Nirvana together in Sean's garage on equipment left behind and taken home by Sean's father, Danny Crooks, from his 6th Street nightclub, Steamboat. No sooner had they learned of each other's love of The Beatles that they began learning songs from a Beatles chord book. By 1996, the two were recording demos on a dual cassette deck, recording guitars and drums live, often using one microphone, then playing back the tape on the playback deck whilst recording vocals on another tape. JoDee received a 4-track Tascam portastudio cassette recorder that Christmas, and soon was recording a number of original songs and dubbing copies for friends. In early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
